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...Another impetus to aggressiveness is an intensifying rivalry between the pugnacious A.F.T., a 130,000-member trade union affiliate of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., and the N.E.A., a self-styled professional organization whose 987,000 members include administrators as well as teachers. Tracing its origin back to the creation of the Chicago Teachers Federation in 1897, the A.F.T. was for most of its history one of organized labor's less effective branches. Teachers generally felt superior to a blue-collar approach, and the union itself was rocked during the '30s by Communist infiltration, which was eventually eradicated. Under...
...that first open meeting which gave the organization its initial impetus. Eighty-three enthusiastic TF's appeared, though the publicity for the meeting had been rudimentary. The crowd vociferously supported the idea of an association, and even the meeting's organizers conceded that the response had exceeded their wildest expectations. "Somehow we had tapped a source of discontent among teaching fellows," said Susan B. Schwartz, a member of the original group...
There seems to be little political impetus at Wellesley. About 20 per cent of the girls declared themselves Democrats and another 20 per cent said they were Republicans. But the majority said they were unaffiliated. About half of the girls are unaffiliated liberals and close to ten per cent aligned themselves with conservatives. But only about 15 per cent would like to join SDS and an even smaller number are opposed to the present 2-S draft deferment...
...words have been backed by new power. She is now the deputy director of the Cultural Revolution's subcommittee and the sole adviser to the People's Liberation Army purge group. Today she seems to stand second, behind only Army Head Lin Piao, in providing leadership and impetus for the Maoists...
...title of Murray's sermon is "Age of Renewal." Price said he will speak about the Vatican's Council impetus to renew the Christian church at large. Murray, a professor of theology at Woodstock College, was a prominent participant in the Ecumenical Council Vatican...